Twitter has acquired SnappyTV, the service for clipping, editing and sharing clips from live broadcasts in near real-time.
“We’re thrilled to welcome the SnappyTV team to Twitter”, Twitter said in a blogpost.”As Twitter has grown as the companion to live events and broadcast media, SnappyTV will help partners and brands bring the best videos into the conversation, when it matters most”.
“Joining Twitter will allow us to provide an even better product and bring the platform to more content owners and event organizers throughout the world”, SnappyTV team said.
SnappyTV is a cloud-based, live video platform that makes TV and live web streams Social, Mobile and Viral.
SnappyTV’s clients include Fox, The CW, Nascar, the U.S. Open and us, TechCrunch.